An experimental approach in analyzing the cell cycle dynamics of food-entrapping cells of sponges
Nikolai P. Melnikov,
Andrey I. Lavrov
Abstract:Sponges (phylum Porifera) exhibit surprisingly complex tissue dynamics, maintaining constant cell turnover and migration, rearranging internal structures, and regenerating after severe injuries. Such tissue plasticity relies on the activity of proliferating cells represented primarily by the food-entrapping cells, choanocytes. While there is plenty of studies regarding the dynamics of regeneration and tissue rearrangement in sponges, cell cycle kinetics of choanocytes in intact tissues remains a controversial … Show more
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